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My interior plastics also need a little tarting up...
Love the look of flocking but have no idea how its done, or if it can be done at home.
How durable is it?
Cheers!
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Aug 22, 2010 10:00:15 GMT
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Google is your friend, mate. A few minutes of searching should answer your question.
As I'm sure you know, flocking basically involves gluing thousands of short soft bristles onto a surface. I don't believe that you can do this without a flocking gun, which electrostatically charges the bristly particles to ensure that they hit the surface standing up vertically so that they don't all clump together. A rough price which I managed to dig up for a flocking gun system was about 700 quid. There are a few members on this forum who offer profesional flocking services for very reasonable prices, why not try getting a few quotes?
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bmw156
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Aug 22, 2010 10:26:56 GMT
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frost do a flocking kit, and i have heard of some very good results.
also Suffolk flocking services are always mentioned when ever i have heard of it in the past
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gn3dr
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Aug 22, 2010 10:57:48 GMT
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I did it with Frosts kit. Basically (for black flock) it's some black coloured glue which you paint onto the surface. Then the flock is blown onto the glue with a squeezy bottle. The squeezy bottle part is the part that could be improved - it tried it with a small spray gun type sandblasting pot but that didn't work. Like was said you really need the electrastatic charge to get the professional finish but the diy one is not too bad. Make sure to do it with a plastic sheet behind so that you can catch all the flock that doesn;t stick and re-cycle it. Here's a picture of my dashboard done with it.
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Aug 22, 2010 11:45:52 GMT
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has anyone tried using one of the DIY powder coating guns for flocking? I'm tempted to try it when I eventually get round to needing some flocking done.
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Jan 21, 2011 19:34:11 GMT
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just had a go at flocking , painted on the glue then put the flock into a tea strainer and sifted it on
came out great , no complaints at all
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Jan 21, 2011 21:23:16 GMT
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I got the frost diy kit and did the speedo suround on my nova and it looked ok but if you were getting full dash done and wanted it to look the business then would go to a pro.
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